Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev and Saint-Alexis (disambiguation).
Saint
Alexius of Rome
Confessor
Born
4th century Rome, Roman Empire
Died
5th century Rome, Roman Empire
Venerated in
Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Major shrine
Monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta
Feast
17 July in the West; 17 March in the East
Attributes
holding a ladder; man lying beneath a staircase
Patronage
Alexians; beggars; belt makers; nurses; pilgrims; travellers; Kalavryta
Saint Alexiusof Rome or Alexius of Edessa (Greek: Ἀλέξιος, Alexios), also Alexis, was a fourth-century Greek monk who lived in anonymity and is known for his dedication to Christ. Two versions of his life exist, one in Syriac and the other in Greek.
metropolitan bishop Saint AlexiusofRome, fifth-century eastern saint Alexius, a monk and saint of Kiev - see Abraham and Onesimus of Kiev Alexios Apokaukos...
Elisabeth of Hungary, Giles Bell makers - Agatha of Sicily Belt makers - AlexiusofRome Bird dealers - John the Baptist Blacksmiths - Dunstan, Peter the Apostle...
he became a monk, but his patron saint changed from AlexiusofRome to Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev whose relics repose in the Theophany Cathedral in...
dedicated to AlexiusofRome, who had served many years in a hospital at Edessa in Syria, and they began to be called the Brothers at St. Alexius Chapel, a...
The Death of Saint Alexius or Saint Alexius Dying is a c.1638 oil on canvas painting by Pietro da Cortona in the Saint Alexis chapel in the Girolamini...
considered was given to him by God and inspired by the example ofAlexiusofRome and that of the Franciscan tertiary pilgrim, Saint Roch, to "abandon his...
day: AlexiusofRome (Western Church) Andrew Zorard Cynehelm Cynllo Inácio de Azevedo Jadwiga of Poland Magnus Felix Ennodius Marcellina Martyrs of Compiègne...
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writer of the story of "The Man of God", in the 5th century, which gave rise to the legend of St. Alexius, also known as AlexiusofRome (because exiled Eastern...
Christian feast day: AlexiusofRome (Eastern Church) Gertrude of Nivelles John Sarkander Joseph of Arimathea (Western Church) Patrick of Ireland March 17...
Pietro Aldobrandini Alessandro Alessandroni AlexiusofRome Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz Infante Alfonso of Spain Domenico Allegri Gregorio Allegri Agnese...
Aventine Hill in the third prefecture of central Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Boniface of Tarsus and Saint Alexius, the former the original and the...
First Martyrs of the Church ofRome (64 AD) Scillitan Martyrs (180) Massa Candida (253–260) Martyrs of Abitinae (304) Thirty Martyrs of the Appian Way...
(e.g. the legend ofAlexiusofRome regarding the origin of the Hungarians and the style of Song of Roland regarding the depiction of St. Ladislaus) in...
BnF, Rothschild 2529 View on line Breviary of Mattias Corvinus Rome, Vatican Library Urb. Lat. 112 Breviary of Monte cassino, Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine...